WEBVTT - Isaiah 49

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<v Speaker 1>to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm John Stonge

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<v Speaker 1>and today we're in Isaiah chapter 49 and we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>reading from the Christian Standard Bible. Coasts and islands listen

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<v Speaker 1>to me. Distant peoples pay attention. The Lord called me

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<v Speaker 1>before I was born. He named me while I was

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<v Speaker 1>in my mother's womb. He made my words like a

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<v Speaker 1>sharp sword. He hid me in the shadow of His hand.

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<v Speaker 1>He made me like a sharpened arrow. He hid me

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<v Speaker 1>in His quiver. He said to me, You are my servant, Israel,

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<v Speaker 1>in whom I will be glorified. But I myself said,

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<v Speaker 1>I have labored in vain. He says, He says, It

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<v Speaker 1>is not enough for you to be my servant, raising

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<v Speaker 1>up the tribes of Jacob and restoring the protected ones

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<v Speaker 1>of Israel. I will also make you a light for

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<v Speaker 1>the nations, to be my salvation to the ends of

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<v Speaker 1>the earth. This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel,

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<v Speaker 1>His Holy One, says to one who is despised, to

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<v Speaker 1>one abhorred by people, to a servant of rulers. Kings

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<v Speaker 1>will see. Princes will stand up, and they will all

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<v Speaker 1>bow down because of the Lord who is faithful, the

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<v Speaker 1>Holy One of Israel, and He has chosen you. This

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<v Speaker 1>is what the Lord says, I will answer you in

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<v Speaker 1>a time of favor, and I will help you in

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<v Speaker 1>the day of salvation. I will keep you, and I

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<v Speaker 1>will appoint you to be a covenant for the people,

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<v Speaker 1>to restore the land, to make them possess the desolate inheritances.

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<v Speaker 1>saying to the prisoners, Come out, and to those who

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<v Speaker 1>are in darkness, show yourselves. They will feed along the pathways,

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<v Speaker 1>and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.

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<v Speaker 1>They will not hunger or thirst, the scorching heat or

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<v Speaker 1>sun will not strike them, for their compassionate one will

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<v Speaker 1>guide them and lead them to springs. I will make

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<v Speaker 1>all my mountains into a road, and my highways will

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<v Speaker 1>be raised up. See, These will come from far away,

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<v Speaker 1>from the north and from the west, and from the

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<v Speaker 1>land of Sinim. Shout for joy, you heavens. Earth, rejoice. Mountains,

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<v Speaker 1>break into joyful shouts. For the Lord has comforted his

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<v Speaker 1>people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones. Zion says,

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<v Speaker 1>The Lord has abandoned me. The Lord has forgotten me.

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<v Speaker 1>Can a woman forget her nursing child or lack compassion

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<v Speaker 1>for the child of her womb? Even if these forget,

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<v Speaker 1>yet I will not forget you. Look, I have inscribed

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<v Speaker 1>you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are

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<v Speaker 1>continually before me. Your builders hurry. Those who destroy and

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<v Speaker 1>devastate you will leave you. Look up and look around.

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<v Speaker 1>They all gather together. They come to you. As I live,

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<v Speaker 1>this is the Lord's declaration. You will wear all your

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<v Speaker 1>children as jewelry and put them on as a bride does.

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<v Speaker 1>For your waste and desolate places and your land marked

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<v Speaker 1>by ruins will now be indeed too small for the inhabitants,

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<v Speaker 1>and those who swallowed you up will be far away.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet as you listen, the children that you have been

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<v Speaker 1>deprived of will say, This place is too small for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Make room for me so that I may settle. Then

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<v Speaker 1>you will say within yourself, Who fathered these for me?

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<v Speaker 1>I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,

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<v Speaker 1>exiled and wandering. But who brought them up? See, I

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<v Speaker 1>was left by myself. But these, where did they come from?

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<v Speaker 1>This is what the Lord God says. Look, I will

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<v Speaker 1>lift up my hand to the nations. and raise my

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<v Speaker 1>banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in

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<v Speaker 1>their arms, and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.

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<v Speaker 1>Kings will be your guardians, and their queens your nursing mothers.

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<v Speaker 1>They will bow down to you with their faces to

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<v Speaker 1>the ground, and lick the dust at your feet. Then

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<v Speaker 1>you will know that I am the Lord. Those who

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<v Speaker 1>put their hope in me will not be put to shame.

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<v Speaker 1>Can the prey be taken from a mighty man, or

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<v Speaker 1>the captives of a tyrant be delivered? For this is

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<v Speaker 1>what the Lord says, Even the captives of a mighty

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<v Speaker 1>man will be taken, and the prey of a tyrant

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<v Speaker 1>will be delivered. I will contend with the one who

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<v Speaker 1>contends with you, and I will save your children. I

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<v Speaker 1>will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they

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<v Speaker 1>will be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine.

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<v Speaker 1>then all people will know that I, the Lord, am

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<v Speaker 1>your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for your word, and

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<v Speaker 1>we thank you for this portion of Scripture today that

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<v Speaker 1>reminds us that you are our Savior, that you have

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<v Speaker 1>engraved the names of your people in your hand. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we're grateful for the fact that your Son, Jesus Christ,

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<v Speaker 1>has come to this earth today And the nails of

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<v Speaker 1>the cross that pierced his hands and his feet were

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<v Speaker 1>born by his body to pay for our sin. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we're grateful that through faith in your son, we are

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<v Speaker 1>freed from the power of sin. We are forgiven and

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<v Speaker 1>we are made new in your sight. Lord, you truly

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<v Speaker 1>are our rescuer and our redeemer. And we're grateful for

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<v Speaker 1>these reminders that we see in this portion of your word.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Lord, for your love. Thank you for your

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<v Speaker 1>presence with us today. And thank you for all of

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<v Speaker 1>your blessings. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.